Front get more sun?

 

I just got home from being out of town for a week. Of course, the grass looked overgrown. I cut it this morning and noticed something weird... I decided to leave my mower set at 7/8", and all I was really cutting off were the seed heads and maybe 1/4" of grass. It's like the only growth the front had were just seed heads. The back had virtually none and I was cutting about 3/4" of grass off the top.

Why would the front have so many seed heads and the back have barely any? Also, why would the back have grown so much more than the front?

Front get more sun?

They both get pretty even sun. The from gets an extra hour or two in the late evening.

 

Spray PGR?

 

Spray PGR?

Never have. I figured it would be the other way around because I Water the front more than the back.

 

Do you think it is a health thing?

 

I have a theory about my own lawn that maybe applies here. My front lawn isn't very level and it drains strangely. I've noticed in the lower sides of the front, the grass grows much better than in the middle. My theory is that these areas are holding more water. The soil all over probably doesn't absorb very fast, but the lower areas get more due to runoff. This also means my fertilizer may flow into those areas as well. I'm going to aerate next year to try to get more absorbant soil in the front. I also may entirely regrade it and start over. Got a reasonable quote for that this year.

The same may apply between your front and back yards. The front may be graded differently and/or not absorb the water like the back yard does. Maybe fert you put down got washed off the front and not the back for similar reasons.

Just a thought. It's not proven by any means but it makes sense to me for my yard.

Or maybe you have different cultivars front to back.

 

I have a theory about my own lawn that maybe applies here. My front lawn isn't very level and it drains strangely. I've noticed in the lower sides of the front, the grass grows much better than in the middle. My theory is that these areas are holding more water. The soil all over probably doesn't absorb very fast, but the lower areas get more due to runoff. This also means my fertilizer may flow into those areas as well. I'm going to aerate next year to try to get more absorbant soil in the front. I also may entirely regrade it and start over. Got a reasonable quote for that this year.

The same may apply between your front and back yards. The front may be graded differently and/or not absorb the water like the back yard does. Maybe fert you put down got washed off the front and not the back for similar reasons.

Just a thought. It's not proven by any means but it makes sense to me for my yard.

Or maybe you have different cultivars front to back.

That makes sense. My front yard sits higher than the back. I know when it rains, the back stays wet for an extra day or so.

I know the grass types are the same. We just built our house last year and the builder sodded the font and back at the same time.

Does anyone know why there would be so many more seed heads in one spot of the yard versus another?